Dreams That Never Came To Fruition
I was securing the arterial line I had just placed in her left radial artery when I heard her singing quietly under her breathe. It piqued my interest, so I listened closer. She was singing along witRead More…
Category: opioid epidemic
The Ravages of Addiction, By Nana Dadzie Ghansah
They are not hard to miss. There is just a look about them – haggard and emaciated. Besides, they carry the stigmata of their affliction like badges.
Their hair is often stringy and unkempt. Their facRead More…
The Opioid Epidemic, Are Pharmaceutical Companies Responsible? By Dr. Leonard Sowah
Today in the United States many families, cities and communities are going through significant turmoil, heartache and despair from the scourge of opioid abuse and addiction. This epidemic which ran amRead More…
It’s not all about sex and drug use, it’s just life !!
It is not the drug addicts fault that he or she needs to get a fix to just feel normal. Nor is it the fault of a young man that he has gonorrhea. And then what about that guy who gets shot in the belRead More…
A Nation in Pain, By Dr. Leonard Sowah
Over the past two decades the United States has experienced an uncontrollable epidemic of drug related deaths. In 2016 sixty-three thousand Americans died of drug overdoses, two out of three of these Read More…
The war on drugs; who won that war? By Dr. Leonard Sowah
I first saw her in my clinic seeking care for HIV but when we first met like most patients with her medical condition she was not an ideal patient. The decision to start her on ART Antiretroviral theRead More…
Marijuana Use and The Evolution of Medical Marijuana Laws in the USA, By Dr. Leonard Sowah
The history of cannabis laws in the US has always been a racially charged issue. Most advocates for more relaxed laws on cannabis use believe that common usage of the word Marijuana was an attempt by Read More…
THE OPIOID CRISIS IN AMERICA TODAY – WHAT MUST WE DO AS A NATION ?
President Trump declared a National Public Health Emergency this week; in his statement from the Whitehouse he was not talking about HIV or Hepatitis C nor was he referring to the increased incidencRead More…
AMERICA’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH PRESCRIPTION PAIN PILLS
Current reports from the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) suggest that the United States is second on the list of countries with the highest per capita consumption of opioids. Â Data from Read More…